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Blog focused on psychology, philosophy, artificial intelligence, and futurism
| [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SlateStarCodex_screenshot_-_June_22,_2020.png)<br>Screenshot of the _Slate Star Codex_ home page prior to deletion |
| Type of site | [Blog](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog "Blog") |
| Available in | English |
| Successor | _Astral Codex Ten_ |
| Created by | Scott Alexander |
| URL | [www.slatestarcodex.com](https://www.slatestarcodex.com/) \[formerly\]<br>[www.astralcodexten.com](https://www.astralcodexten.com/) \[currently\] |
| Launched | February 12, 2013; 13 years ago (2013-02-12) |
| Current status | Active (as Astral Codex Ten, Slate Star Codex is online but inactive) |
_Slate Star Codex_
_**Astral Codex Ten**_ (ACX), formerly _**Slate Star Codex**_ (SSC), is a [blog](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog "Blog") focused on [science](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science "Science"), [medicine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicine "Medicine") (especially [psychiatry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychiatry "Psychiatry")), [philosophy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy "Philosophy"), [politics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics "Politics"), and [futurism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futures_studies "Futures studies"). The blog is written by Scott Alexander Siskind,[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slate_Star_Codex#cite_note-TheVerge-1) a [San Francisco Bay Area](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay_Area "San Francisco Bay Area") [psychiatrist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychiatrist "Psychiatrist"),[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slate_Star_Codex#cite_note-nytssc-2) under the pen name Scott Alexander.
_Slate Star Codex_ was launched in 2013 and was temporarily discontinued on June 23, 2020. In July 2020 the blog was partially back online, with the content restored but commenting disabled. The successor [Substack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substack "Substack") blog, _Astral Codex Ten_,[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slate_Star_Codex#cite_note-nytssc-2) was launched on January 21, 2021.
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The site was a primary venue of the [rationalist community](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rationalist_community "Rationalist community") and also attracted wider audiences.[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slate_Star_Codex#cite_note-NewYorker-3) The _[New Statesman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Statesman "New Statesman")_ characterizes it as "a nexus for the rationalist community and others who seek to apply reason to debates about situations, ideas, and moral quandaries."[\[4
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